A seven-member crew from Frankenmuth, Michigan, has been working since Monday of this week constructing a frozen piece of furniture for the annual Zehnder’s Snowfest. The desk, which is about 10feet high by 20feet wide and 10 feet deep, took the group about 70 hours to complete. The event, which attracts thousands of professional carvers [...]

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 From the AP A record 29,000 people have applied for a spot in next fall’s freshman class at Harvard University. Harvard’s admissions office said Wednesday that the applications this year beat the nearly 27,500 people who applied last year. Each student is vying for one of just 1,700 spots. Admissions Dean William Fitzsimmons says Harvard’s [...]

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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will arrive at the State Department on Thursday morning, State Department officials said. Hillary Clinton was confirmed Wednesday by the U.S. Senate to be the next secretary of state. As is tradition, America’s new chief diplomat will be treated to a welcoming ceremony with employees in the [...]

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  A woman was killed early this morning in Carlisle, Indiana, when a freight train struck her car at an unmarked crossing. Julie Racey, 29, who was on her way to work, was trying to cross the track on a private drive when a CSX train with 33 cars collided with her car. Racey was [...]

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